Ambedkar on Law, Constitution and Social Justice

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Equal protection of the law: the Malaysian experience/Nik Ahmad Kamal Nik Mahmod. 2. Origin of untouchability: efforts to separate fact from fiction/K.P. Singh. 3. Regeneration vs. reservation: a Dalit struggle in India/Rahul Deepankar. 4. Caste system: a major impediment to the development of Dalits in India/M.N. Faruqui. 5. Uniform civil code and judicial activism: Muslim Personal Law perspective/M. Shabbir. 6. Annihilation of caste: one more look/L. Jawahar Nesan. 7. Dr. Ambedkar's vision of a just society/James Massey. 8. Constitution, law and social justice: Dr. Ambedkar's perspective/M.L. Gautam. 9. Macro impacts of reservation policy: some observations/C.R. Prasad Rao. 10. Constitution, law and justice: Ambedkar's perspective/Prakash Louis. 11. Constitutional justice: Ambedkar's perspective/D.S. Prakasa Rao. 12. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: his approach towards human rights/M.A. Kishore. 13. Constitution and Dr. Ambedkar's vision for social change/Suresh Mane. 14. Backward classes, Dalits and the digital divides/Abdul Matin. 15. Dr. Ambedkar and social justice: observatory remarks/Usha Kapoor. 16. Social justice and the Indian constitution: Ambedkar's perspective/Zafar A. Khan. 17. Dr. Ambedkar's approach towards human rights/Khurram. 18. Ambedkarite vision of mineral resources development policy and law: reflections on humanistic and labour-oriented jurisprudence in retrospects and prospects/Zafar Mahfooz Nomani. 19. Constitutional paradigm reflecting Baba Saheb's ideology of social justice/S.D. Sharma and Priti. 20. Ambedkar's contribution to social justice: an overview/S.S. Dhaktode.

"The book deals with diverse burning issues which are directly related to individuals, society, state, law and constitution revolving round the concept of social justice. It focuses on poverty jurisprudence highlighting the problems of the scheduled castes, backward segments, weaker sections and minorities searching the ideal solutions of their problems, and also suggesting ways and means for tackling them successfully. The central theme of the book examines different problematic issues from the touchstone of Ambedkar's humanistic philosophy championing the cause of downtrodden. This book has potentiality of enriching human rights jurisprudence. Indeed, this is a potent addition to existing knowledge of law, constitution and social justice." (jacket)